Emily Dickinson Lexicon

IN-FRINGE', v.t. [infrinj'; L. infringo; in and frango, to break. See Break.]

1. To break, as contracts; to violate, either positively by contravention, or negatively by non-fulfillment or neglect of performance. A prince or a private person infringes an agreement or covenant, by neglecting to perform its conditions, as well as by doing what is stipulated not to be done.
2. To break; to violate; to transgress; to neglect to fulfill or obey; as, to infringe a law.
3. To destroy or hinder; as, to infringe efficacy. [Little used.] Hooker.

IN-FRING'ED, pp.

Broken; violated; transgressed.

IN-FRINGE'MENT, n. [infrinj'ment.]

Act of violating; breach; violation; non-fulfillment; as, the infringement of a treaty, compact or other agreement; the infringement of a law or constitution.

IN-FRING'ER, n.

One who violates; a violator.

IN-FRING'ING, ppr.

Breaking; violating; transgressing; failing to observe or fulfill.

IN-FRU'GAL, a.

Not frugal, prodigal.

IN-FRU-GIF'ER-OUS, a.

Not bearing fruit.

IN'FU-CATE, v.t. [L. infuco; in and fuco, to paint.]

To stain; to paint; to daub.

IN-FUM'ED, a. [L. infumatus.]

Dried in smoke.

IN-FUN-DIB'U-LAR, a.

Having the form of a tunnel. Kirby.

IN-FUN-DIB'U-LI-FORM, a. [L. infundibulum, a funnel, and form.]

In botany, having the shape of a funnel, as the corol of a flower; monopetalous, having an inversely conical border rising from a tube. Martyn.

IN-FU'RI-ATE, a. [L. in and furiatus, from furia, fury.]

Enraged; mad; raging. Milton. Thomson.

IN-FU'RI-ATE, v.t.

To render furious or mad; to enrage. – Decay of Piety.

IN-FU'RI-A-TED, pp.

Rendered furious or mad.

IN-FU'RI-A-TING, ppr.

Rendering furious.

IN-FUS'CATE, v.t. [L. infuscatus, infusco, to make black; in and fusco, fuscus, dark.]

To darken; to make black.

IN-FUS-CA'TION, n.

The act of darkening or blackening.

IN-FUSE', n.

Infusion. [Obs.] – Spenser.

IN-FUSE', v.t. [s as z. Fr. infuser, from L. infusus, infundo, to pour in; in and fundo, to pour.]

1. To pour in, as a liquid. That strong Circean liquor cease t' infuse. – Denham.
2. To instill, as principles or qualities. Why should he desire to have qualities infused into his son, which himself never possessed? Swift.
3. To pour in or instill, as into the mind. Infuse into young minds a noble ardor.
4. To introduce; as, to infuse Gallicisms into a composition.
5. To inspire with; as, to infuse the breast with magnanimity. [Not used.] – Shak.
6. To steep in liquor without boiling, for the purpose of extracting medicinal qualities. One scruple of dried leaves is infused in ten ounces of warm water. – Coxe.
7. To make an infusion with an ingredient. [Not used.] – Bacon.

IN-FUS'ED, pp.

Poured in; instilled; steeped.

IN-FUS'ER, n.

One who infuses.

IN-FU-SI-BIL'I-TY, n. [from infusible.]

1. The capacity of being infused or poured in.
2. The incapacity of being fused or dissolved.

IN-FU'SI-BLE, a. [in, not, and fusible, from fuse.]

Not fusible; incapable of fusion; that can not be dissolved or melted. The best crucibles are made of Limoges earth, which seems absolutely infusible. Lavoisier.

IN-FU'SI-BLE, a. [from the verb.]

That may be infused. Good principles are infusible into the minds of youth.

IN-FUS'ING, ppr.

Pouring in; instilling; steeping.